With summer reruns pushing us to find alternatives, I finally watched 2 episodes of this show out of sheer laziness and nothing else unique to see. I generally avoid shows with precocious children like the plague. There are exceptions like 2.5 men for example. I was surprised that I did laugh watching Engvall's show. I don't know if it is lowered expectations or what. I have been able to get through one of Engvall's stand up routines even though that "here's your sign" bit runs thin real fast. So I suppose the show has capacity for humor. With shows I actually like beginning to come back this week, it is unlikely I will hunt it up to watch. But if I find it on the schedule when I am bored and lazy, I will probably give it another peek.

Scott, I agree with you about the invasive advertising but what is the difference between being right in your face with the bottom third of the screen being filled with ads and the networks forcing the writers to blatantly fill the scripts with bogus products, goods or services that have nothing to do with the story? At least the ads you mention will be gone when the series is released on DVD. I'm not a fan of either sort of "subliminal" advertising but come on, someone has to pay the bill so we can watch it in the first place. Remember, TBS is one of those local superstations the cable/satellite companies picks up and rebroadcasts. It's actually a local indy station that has to sell ads and fill up with programming much like the local UHF stations in most local markets - it just happens to be a LOT bigger than most of them are. Regardless, they gotta make a buck too.

As for the show well, I've never hidden my secret love and respect for Nancy Travis very well. She's the perfect wife for Bill and gets just about as many great laughs as he does. I think this show deserves a lot more episodes than it gets and honestly, I'm surprised that TBS doesn't run them into the ground the way TNT does with their programming. I try to catch every episode I can. Call me a redneck if you like but I think Bill & his family are funny as hell. And I LOVE Tim Meadows as his neurotic buddy. Perfect casting if you ask me.

I have not seen an episode of this show and have a personal private boycot going on with it due to the horribly invasive advertising they do during other shows.

Having the little crawl along the bottom of the screen is fine (well, not fine, but I'll live with it) but taking up 2/3 of the screen during a program to pitch your show OR having Bill come out and "pause the show" for a second or two to talk about his own show...that did it for me.

I'm sure it is an entertaining show and like you said, there are not a lot of family sitcoms on these days...but this one lost it for me.

Just my two cents worth.

I enjoy Everybody Loves Raymond and other family comedies like Still Standing and even YES DEAR! And I've tried watching Bill Engvall and it just doesn't do anything for me, and I've listened to his stand up and it's extremely tired and lazy. Not even the great Tim Meadows can do much for this show and he's openly admitted that he's on it for a paycheck!